Flip through Flanders

Flip through Flanders is an initiative that promotes Dutch-language literature from Flanders across the UK and Ireland. Catch authors and translators at live events and workshops as they shine a spotlight on the literary landscape of northern Belgium. From picture books to theatre, from poetry and novels to non-fiction: come and flip through Flanders.

• Saturday 1 April 2023 at 4pm | Oxford Literary Festival 
  • Author Stefan Hertmans presenting The Ascent (fiction) 
  • Read more on oxfordliteraryfestival.org
• Sunday 2 April 2023 at 4pm | Oxford Literary Festival
  • Author Leo Timmers presenting Elephant Island (children's literature)
  • Read more on oxfordliteraryfestival.org
• Wednesday 19 April 2023 | Flip through Flanders launch at London Book Fair
  • Author Sulaiman Addonia 
  • Author and poet Charlotte Van den Broeck
  • Literary translator (from Dutch/French into English) Michele Hutchison 

• Tuesday 23 May 2023 | Literary Translation Workshop
  • online non fiction workshop with Jonathan Reeder from 2.00 - 4.00pm (Dutch/Flemish time) / 1.00 - 3.00pm (UK time)

• Thursday 15 June 2023 | Literary Translation Workshop
  • online fiction workshop with Michele Hutchison from 10.00am - 12.00pm (Dutch/Flemish time) / 9.00 - 11.00am (UK time)

• Tuesday 4 July 2023 | Literary Translation Workshop
  • online children's literature workshop with Laura Watkinson from 5.00 - 7.00pm (Dutch/Flemish time) / 4.00 - 6.00pm (UK time)

Flip through Flanders is financed by Flanders Literature, with support from the Diplomatic Representation of Flanders to the United Kingdom. Flanders Literature works together with Modern Culture on this campaign.